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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100518/0035139455/dailydirt-christmas-dinner-isnt-same-without.shtmlChinese restaurant to an elaborate home-cooked turkey. Whatever the case may be, there are more than a few holiday traditions out there. Check out a few of these delicious dishes.

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]]>urls-we-dig-uphttps://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20100518/0035139455Fri, 3 Oct 2014 17:00:00 PDTDailyDirt: No Bones About ItMichael Hohttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/03482812619/dailydirt-no-bones-about-it.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/03482812619/dailydirt-no-bones-about-it.shtmlpatented processes for cutting up chicken meat into innovative products. Here are just a few good nuggets on some fast food chicken items.

What is a chicken nugget made of? An anecdotal analysis finds that some chicken nuggets (not McNuggets) are mostly fat (~56-58%), about 40-50% muscle meat, along with some bone fragments and breading and other bits. (And don't forget the BBQ sauce.) [url]

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]]>urls-we-dig-uphttps://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20110112/03482812619Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:00:00 PDTDailyDirt: Advertising Mistakes; Hilarity EnsuesMichael Hohttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100820/10212510707/dailydirt-advertising-mistakes-hilarity-ensues.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100820/10212510707/dailydirt-advertising-mistakes-hilarity-ensues.shtmlhalf your marketing budget goes, but it's possible to waste 100% of your advertising with an innocent mistake. It's tough to try to make funny and catchy ads, and not everyone has the same sense of humor. Here are just a few examples of some ads that have backfired.

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]]>urls we dig uphttps://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20110909/04304315878Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:05:48 PSTThe Ridiculous Trademark Saga Of Kennedy Fried ChickenMike Masnickhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110220/18101913177/ridiculous-trademark-saga-kennedy-fried-chicken.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110220/18101913177/ridiculous-trademark-saga-kennedy-fried-chicken.shtmlrecently received a stamp of approval for the trademark on "Kennedy Fried Chicken." Now, there are all sorts of problems with this. First of all, Mr. Haye did not create Kennedy Fried Chicken. It was actually created by another guy (both men are from Afghanistan, and apparently much of this saga involves Afghani ex-patriots in New York City). Haye worked at one of a few Kennedy Fried Chickens many years ago, and then started his own (without the blessing or licensing from the originator). Apparently, this was common in the Afghani community, where there are a ton of Kennedy Fried Chickens, most of which have no relation to one another (think: Ray's, Original Ray's, Famous Ray's, etc. when it comes to pizza in NYC).

Separately, of course, the very name Kennedy Fried Chicken has a separate problem, which is that the folks at Kentucky Fried Chicken didn't appreciate the name and sued many years ago... and won. So there shouldn't be any Kennedy Fried Chickens at all. Except, what saved the original Kennedy Fried Chicken was Kentucky Fried Chicken's decision to drop its full name and revert to the nickname KFC, leading it to no longer pay much attention to the Kennedy Fried Chickens, which continued to explode. And, yes, the original Kennedy Fried Chicken was created on purpose to play off of the KFC name, with a nod towards JFK.

However, Mr. Haye, despite not coming up with the name, not being the first, and not really having any sort of "right" to the name, did apply and get a trademark on it... and has now started threatening other Afghani shop owners who use the name. He's sent out 300 letters to others, telling them they have to pay him or he'll sue. He claims their "poor-quality chicken is going to kill my reputation." Must I point out that he copied the name in the first place? Anyway, those KFCs don't seem to have much interest in either paying Mr. Haye or backing down at all.

"We won't pay a penny," huffed Nour Abdullah, the manager of Kennedy Fried Chicken on Junction Boulevard in Corona, Queens, which seems indistinguishable from Mr. Haye's except for the fried shrimp balls and gyros on the menu. "I can rename the shop Munir Fried Chicken after my son or even New Kennedy Fried Chicken. Then let's see what he’s going to do."

A few doors down, Najib Ullah, a chicken fryer from Kabul, was equally defiant. "Anyone can own a Kennedy, and I've never heard of this Abdul Haye," he said. "Every place has a different owner: same chicken, different menu. So what’s the problem?"

As for the guy who created the original Kennedy Fried Chicken, Zia Taeb, even though he's long been out of the business, he seems to suggest he might jump into the legal fray as well:

He insisted that he -- not Mr. Haye -- was the rightful owner of the Kennedy brand. "He won't win because I know my people, and Afghans will never pay him," he said. "I will go after him."

Oh, and the biggest irony in all of this? At the very end of the article, Mr. Haye who kicked off this whole thing with his legal threats, tells the NY Times reporter over a dish of lamb chops at a different Afghani restaurant: "You know, Afghans don't even like eating fried chicken."

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]]>and-we-don't-even-like-fried-chickenhttps://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20110220/18101913177Thu, 28 May 2009 15:10:00 PDTHave A Family Feast Tonight... And It Doesn't Have To Be From KFCMike Masnickhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090522/0331504977.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090522/0331504977.shtmlthreatened a small pizzeria in Scotland that had been using the phrase "Family Feast" since 1992. After getting the threat letter from KFC, the pizzeria responded with a straightforward letter to KFC, saying:

"we refuse to be bullied by a global conglomerate such as yourselves".

And... amazingly, it worked. KFC backed down and told the pizza place that it will take no further action. So, everyone, go out and have a family feast tonight from someone other than KFC.